Taney was the Chief Justice during this time
Southern plantation owners:
<span>The Fugitive Slave Act had proven and needed the authorities to return fugitive slaves to the slaves masters. This only made the slave owners have more pros rather than cons</span>
If it is about world war I, then the Germans was battered and starting to lose hope after the renewed strength of the Allied army and the lose of an already large quantity of man made the German army almost depleted with reserves. If it is world war II it would be the same with world war I but the German army was still able to match and fought the allied forces for some years before being defeated.