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==Post-World War II== In the era of the [[Cold War]], the United States designed the {{SS|United States||2}} ship so that she could easily be converted from a liner to a troopship, in case of war. More recently, {{ship||Queen Elizabeth 2}} and {{SS|Canberra||2}} were requisitioned by the Royal Navy to carry British soldiers to the [[Falklands War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/last-voyage-for-canberra-the-great-white-whale-of-the-falklands-1338827.html |title=Last voyage for Canberra, the Great White Whale of the Falklands |author=Rebecca Fowler |date=26 June 1996}}</ref> By the end of the twentieth century, nearly all long-distance personnel transfer was done by airlift in [[military transport aircraft]].
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