How did Nazis beliefs about "race and space" affect how Germans fought the war against Poland? How was their conquest of Poland different from what many people in 1939 expected from war?

The Nazis believed that the Aryan race was the first and foremost superior race. This believe led to the idea that other lesser race were meant to serve the Aryan race and were meant to be preserved (except the jews and gypsies) to some extent to serve this purpose. Nevertheless, space was needed to be occupied by the Aryan race and hence their invasion and occupation of Poland and plans for further occupation.

German conquest of Poland was swift and effective which boosted their morales and also showed their strength to the enemies and their Allies. This was not expected.

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.

“i think it is very plausible that if there are five votes to end the death penalty, it could be with the people who are on the court right now,” - smith

so basically it is not clearly and consistently imposed