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The Human Cost of War

8pm NAZI MEGA WEAPONS - This series uncovers the engineering secrets of three iconic mega structures, tells the stories of the evil geniuses that designed them and reveals how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.
 

 

In the first years of WWII, Germany crushes its enemies in a series of offensives coined "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning War." Stuka bombers blast a path though enemy lines, then Panzer divisions cut through defenses. Together they are unstoppable.
 

9pm WORLD WAR II: THE PRICE OF EMPIRE - The history of the Second World War. 

The End of the Beginning - The war turns inexorably in favor of the Allies.  A new commander, Montgomery, turns the tables on the Afrika Korps at El Alamein. The Japanese are checked and defeated at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands and, perhaps most tellingly, in the bloodiest theater of all the Germans are checked at Stalingrad.

10pm BATTLE OF JUTLAND: THE NAVY'S BLOODIEST DAY - History

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On May 31, 1916, the British Royal Navy precipitated a major head-to-head battle with the German Imperial Fleet. With 151 warships manned by sailors from five countries, this was supposed to be Britain’s second Trafalgar, but the battle resulted in 6,000 Allied deaths and 14 sunken ships.

In BATTLE OF JUTLAND: THE NAVY'S BLOODIEST DAY, historian and BBC presenter Dan Snow, engineer Dr. Shini Somara, and Dr. Nick Hewitt of the National Museum of the Royal Navy examine why the battle resulted in so much destruction and what it was like to fight that day. Their hands-on investigation ultimately leads them to discover that the Battle of Jutland, long regarded as a disaster for the Allies, was actually a pivotal moment in their victory.
 

Mia Laurenzo is a 35-year veteran of public television in Miami. She began her career learning every aspect of video production. Currently she is a writer, producer, on-air host and promotions coordinator for TV, radio and the web.  Her experiences include producing for a series, special events and historical documentaries.  As a native Floridian, she is a perfect fit for South Florida's Storyteller Station, WLRN.  She has produced several award winning, nationally distributed documentaries and is the recipient of three Suncoast Regional Emmys.  
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