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=Historical Background=
=Historical Background=
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The main operation involving Gloire is Operation Dragoon (1st stage event operation).
As of the latest information from C2 Kikan, Gloire is one of the new kanmusu who will make her debut in the game. Also they mentioned that the MO will cover the Atlantic and North Africa. With that in mind, it is important to know who Gloire is and her career.
Gloire is a French La Galissonnière-class cruiser. She had an active time in the Atlantic in the opening years of the war. She made a trip to Canada and escorted a convoy back to mainland Europe. She was stationed in Brest and was part of the famous Force de Raid. Force L of Force de Raide comprised of Dunkerque, Béarn, Montcalm, Georges Leygues, L'Audacieux, Le Fantasque, Le Malin, Le Terrible, Le Triomphant, L'Indomptable, Mogador, Volta, and Gloire. Gloired took part in operations that covered convoy KJ4 from Kingston, Jamaica to the British Isles to prevent attacks by the pocket battleship Deutschland. They then moved from Brest to Mers El Kebir. With the fall of France she came under Vichy French control. She wasn't present during the Attack on Mers El Kebir nor the Battle of Dakar and managed to survive into the rejoining of the Free French after Operation Torch. She had her refit in New York in 1943 and she then operated from Dakar along other French and Italian cruisers. She covered the areas around the Central and Southern areas of the Atlantic. She was then moved to the Mediterranean and supported the landings at Anzio. She then transferred to Southern France for Operation Dragoon in August 1944. She will continue to support Allied operations in the South of France until the end of the war.
The main operations involving Gloire are the of the following:
*Force De Raid: Force L Patrols in the Atlantic
*Central and Southern Atlantic Patrols
*Battle of Anzio and shelling Bay of Gaeta
*Operation Dragoon
==Force De Raid: Force L Patrols in the Atlantic==
Is part of Gloire's early career as part of Force de Raid. They were initially fielded when the German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee started operations against Allied Merchant shipping in the Southern Atlantic. She also took part in convoy escort duties to protect said convoy from the German Pocket Battleship Deutschland. In between these she was part of several patrol operations and transport operations spanning from Western France, the Atlantic, North Africa, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and back.
==Central and Southern Atlantic Patrols==
After her being reinstated in the Free French Navy she took part in operations to seek and destroy Axis Blockade runners in the Central and Southern regions of the Atlantic Ocean. She made patrols from Dakar all to the seas way of Southeastern section of South America and lower Southwestern Africa. These areas were part of the Middle and South Atlantic convoy routes and was part of the larger Battle for the Atlantic.
==Battle of Anzio and shelling Bay of Gaeta==
She took part in the invasion of Anzio during Operation Shingle. She is notable for her role in providing shelling support to the Allied Landings and she fired 604 rounds at Bay of Gaeta. This might not be covered in the event as Anzio is not part of the Atlantic nor African Campaigns.
==Operation Dragoon==
==Operation Dragoon==