Naval Support
Hundreds of vessels made up Force 'G' that was to assault Gold Beach. Amongst these were the British cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Argonaut, HMS Emerald, HMS Orion, the battleship HMS Warspite and the Free French Navy cruiser Georges Leygues.
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