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Warrior Queens Hardcover – February 1, 2002

by Daniel Allen Butler (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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Converted from luxury liners to troopships at the outset of World War II, the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth logged over a million nautical miles and carried more than a million military personnel. Drawing from both published sources and Cunard's official archives, the archives and records of the British Admiralty and the U.S. Navy, and the firsthand recollections of soldiers, seamen, and war brides, author Daniel Allen Butler brings this unique aspect of World War II history to life by recounting the histories of the two Queens along with the stories of the soldiers and sailors who served or sailed on them.
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    224 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Stackpole Books
  4. Publication date
    February 1, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0811716457
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0811716451
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Daniel Allen Butler, the son of a former merchant marine seaman, is the author of Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic (081171814X), and The Lusitania: The Life, Loss, and Legacy of an Ocean Legend (0811709892). He currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stackpole Books; First Edition (February 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811716457
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811716451
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Laury Mason
5.0 out of 5 stars Warrior Queens - Mary & Elizabeth
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2011
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I was looking all over for this book and finally found it on Amazon. This book is very interesting about the two ships, Queen Mary and her sister ship Queen Elizabeth. Churchill said that these two ships shorten WWII by one year. I found this book to be very interesting and to have a lot of information that I didn't know about. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in history and WWII in perticular. There is a lot of information that can be found in this book, not only about the ships, but the war years too.
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Tony Marquise Jr.
3.0 out of 5 stars Too General A History
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014
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This book was a disappointment to me. It is too general a history-it gives the flavor of the wartime service of these two troopships, not the details of their service. The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were the two biggest passenger ships built up to the end of this war and carried nearly a million troops in World War II. The loss of either or both ships would have had a profound effect on the Second World War. It would have been possible to transfer a number of U.S. troopships from the Pacific to the ETO, but it would have affected the war against Japan. Instead of this book, I recommend "The Queen Elizabeth At War". It is a an excellant history of this ship, and has my highest recommendation.
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Mardell
5.0 out of 5 stars What two old Queens can do.
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2011
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I was amazed to read how many troops the two Queens carried and did not sustain any damage. They both went on to serve for many more years after the war. Well built and well loved.
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David Sprehe
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for serious WW II history buffs
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2016
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Inspiring story of skill and bravery
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great story about two great ships
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2002
Most people will know of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth as a couple of old cruise liners -- many may have stayed at the Hotel Queen Mary in the ship's now permanent home in the waters of California. For a brief time, these ships were converted to military use in World War II to transport troops. On one occasion, the Queen Mary hit the British light cruiser HMS Curacoa, causing the ship to sink with the loss of hundreds of allied soldiers.
Daniel Butler is a great historian and storyteller and he makes the wartime history of these two ships come alive. He doesn't start with the day the decision was made to use these cruise ships for military use. He sets the stage and gives the readers an understanding of the years leading to World War II -- not only giving a political and military background, but also telling us what was happening in the shipping industry that led to the construction of these two ships.
To me the two most interesting parts of the book came when Butler tells about the most significant event of the Queen Mary's tour of duty (when the Curacoa was cut in two by her), and the most mundane (what it was like for a soldier to be transported on one of the Queens). If there is a weakness, it was here. I wish he could have had more first hand accounts from the surviving veterans who had crossed the ocean on their way to war. But of course, there are fewer and fewer such survivors still with us. Butler wrote this book just in time.
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David Aiken
5.0 out of 5 stars Warrior Queens: The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2006
A very well written and researched book. Not only does the author tell the story of the two Queens in WWII. He also gives a nice history of trans-Atlantic shipping up to the point of the Queens construction and to the war. During the war years he tells of the Queen contribution to the war effort and also paints a good over all picture of the war so you can better understand their roll in it. This book is a great addition and read for those who have an interest in this subject.
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George L.Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars I was there
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2002
I liked the way Butler filled in the history of the Queen Mary and
Queen Elizabeth.He also told a very good clear picture of life
we lived aboard ship. On page 92 second phargaph tells of a March
1945 crossing . I was on that passage and well remember hearing
the depth charges explodimg.I still have my white tag and cabin
with number on D deck.To verify my memory I checked my discharge and called our coplit yes he remembered hearing the depth charges.
This tolded of the vital roll these two great ships played in
winning of the war.Many of these things where new to me and I was there.
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