This is how Churchill expressed inability to predict what Soviet Union will at the start of World War 2. The timeline below show why he could be puzzled:
a) August 23, 1939 - Soviet Union and Germany sign non-aggression pact
b) September 1, 1939 - Germany invades Poland (then ally of Britain and France).
c) September 3, 1939 - Britain declares war on Germany as a consequence of German's invasion of Poland.
d) September 17, 1939 - Soviet Union invades eastern Poland. Poland is defeated and partitioned between Germany and Soviet Union.
Therefore from Churchill standpoint: Soviet Union is allied with Germany, whom are at war with Britain. Go figure what Stalin is going to do?
In the first year of World War One, the German army had pushed so deep into the territory of the Triple Entent and its allies that the Germans had overrun Belgium and most of Eastern France, pushing to within 20 miles of the heart of the French capital of Paris.
In the eyes of the world, a Central Powers victory on the Western Front seemed almost inevitable, and the German army (which had very quickly adapted to the new modern style of industrial warfare) seemed unbeatable. However this was changed by the First Battle of the Marne, wherein Six French Armies as well as an army of the British Expeditionary force repelled the German attackers. The German momentum was broken by the catastrophic defeat and the image of German invincibility was shattered, allowing the Triple Entente to push North East, driving the Germans away from the French capital.
Jim Crow laws were laws at the state and local level in, primarily, the Southern United States, that enforced segregation of the races.
Answer:
The United States Constitution provides that the president "shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur" (Article II, section 2). Treaties are binding agreements between nations and become part of international law.
