Question: who was the US general who led forces in the country Luftwaffe's leader aligned Germany with?

<P0-S0> hans-georg von seidel (11 november 1891 – 10 november 1955) was a german military leader who served in the german army during world war i and in the "luftwaffe" (german air force) during world war ii. <P0-S1> seidel was promoted to the rank of "general der flieger" (general of the air). <SEP> <P1-S0> the spanish civil war broke out in 1936. for three years the nationalist forces led by general francisco franco and supported by nazi germany and fascist italy fought the republican side, which was supported by the soviet union, mexico and international brigades but it was not supported by the western powers due to the british-led policy of non-intervention. <P1-S1> the civil war was viciously fought and there were many atrocities committed by all sides. <P1-S2> the war claimed the lives of over 500,000 people and caused the flight of up to a half-million citizens from the country. <P1-S3> in 1939, general franco emerged victorious and became a dictator. <SEP> <P2-S0> The main landings (Operation Avalanche) were scheduled to take place on 9 September, during which the main force would land around Salerno on the western coast. <P2-S1> Its primary objectives were to seize the port of Naples to ensure resupply, and to cut across to the east coast, trapping Axis troops further south. <P2-S2> The naval task force of warships, merchant ships and landing craft totaling 627 vessels came under the command of Vice Admiral Henry K. Hewitt. <P2-S3> Following the disappointing air cover from land - based aircraft during the Sicily landings, Force V of HMS Unicorn and four escort carriers augmented the cruisers USS Philadelphia, Savannah, Boise, and fourteen destroyers of Hewitt's command. <P2-S4> Cover for the task force was provided by Force H, a group of four British battleships and two fleet carriers with destroyers in support, which was directly subordinate to the C -- in -- C Mediterranean Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham. <P2-S5> It would consist of the U.S. Fifth Army, under Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, comprising the U.S. VI Corps under Major General Ernest J. Dawley, the British X Corps under Lieutenant - General Richard McCreery, with the 82nd Airborne Division in reserve, a total of eight divisions and two brigade - sized units. <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> The bombing failed to demoralise the British into surrender or significantly damage the war economy. <P4-S1> The eight months of bombing never seriously hampered British production and the war industries continued to operate and expand. <P4-S2> By May 1941 the threat of an invasion of Britain had passed, and Hitler's attention had turned to Operation Barbarossa in the East. <P4-S3> The Blitz was only authorised when the Luftwaffe had failed to meet preconditions for a 1940 launch of Operation Sea Lion, the provisionally planned German invasion of Britain. <P4-S4> In comparison to the later Allied bombing campaign against Germany, the Blitz resulted in relatively few casualties; the British bombing of Hamburg in July 1943 inflicted some 42,000 civilian deaths, about the same as the entire Blitz.