Question: When did the US and Britain invade the country aligned with Germany by the owner of Blondi?

<P0-S0> when russia invaded the turkish balkans in 1853, fears of russian dominance in the mediterranean and middle east led britain and france to invade the crimean peninsula to destroy russian naval capabilities. <P0-S1> the ensuing crimean war (1854–56), which involved new techniques of modern warfare, and was the only global war fought between britain and another imperial power during the pax britannica, was a resounding defeat for russia. <P0-S2> the situation remained unresolved in central asia for two more decades, with britain annexing baluchistan in 1876 and russia annexing kirghizia, kazakhstan, and turkmenistan. <P0-S3> for a while it appeared that another war would be inevitable, but the two countries reached an agreement on their respective spheres of influence in the region in 1878 and on all outstanding matters in 1907 with the signing of the anglo-russian entente. <P0-S4> the destruction of the russian navy by the japanese at the battle of port arthur during the russo-japanese war of 1904–05 also limited its threat to the british. <SEP> <P1-S0> The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising General Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) and followed the successful invasion of Sicily. <P1-S1> The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place on 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian Campaign of World War II. <P1-S2> The main invasion force landed around Salerno on 9 September on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick). <SEP> <P2-S0> Dogs like Blondi were coveted as "", being close to the wolf, and became very fashionable during the Nazi era. <P2-S1> On 29 April 1945, Hitler expressed doubts about the cyanide capsules he had received through Heinrich Himmler's SS. <P2-S2> Blondi played a role in Nazi propaganda by portraying Hitler as an animal lover. <P2-S3> To verify the capsules' potency, Hitler ordered Dr. Werner Haase to test one on Blondi, who died as a result. <SEP> <P3-S0> Following the Allied victory in the Second World War, Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain. <P3-S1> The countries in Southeastern Europe were dominated by the Soviet Union and became communist states. <P3-S2> The major non-communist Southern European countries joined a US-led military alliance (NATO) and formed the European Economic Community amongst themselves. <P3-S3> The countries in the Soviet sphere of influence joined the military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact and the economic bloc called Comecon. <P3-S4> The Nazi regime under Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, and along with Mussolini's Italy sought to gain control of the continent by the Second World War. <P3-S5> Yugoslavia was neutal. <SEP> <P4-S0> sassou nguesso aligned the country with the eastern bloc and signed a twenty-year friendship pact with the soviet union. <P4-S1> over the years, sassou had to rely more on political repression and less on patronage to maintain his dictatorship.