Question: Who was the US general who led forces in the country that Blondi's owner aligned Germany with?

<P0-S0> georg stumme (29 july 1886 – 24 october 1942) was a general in the wehrmacht of nazi germany during world war ii who briefly commanded of the axis forces at the beginning of the second battle of el alamein. <P0-S1> he took part in the battle of france, the invasion of yugoslavia and the invasion of the soviet union, operation barbarossa. <P0-S2> he was a recipient of the knight's cross of the iron cross, the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of nazi germany during world war ii. <SEP> <P1-S0> Dogs like Blondi were coveted as "", being close to the wolf, and became very fashionable during the Nazi era. <P1-S1> On 29 April 1945, Hitler expressed doubts about the cyanide capsules he had received through Heinrich Himmler's SS. <P1-S2> To verify the capsules' potency, Hitler ordered Dr. Werner Haase to test one on Blondi, who died as a result. <P1-S3> Blondi played a role in Nazi propaganda by portraying Hitler as an animal lover. <SEP> <P2-S0> Following the Allied victory in the Second World War, Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain. <P2-S1> The countries in Southeastern Europe were dominated by the Soviet Union and became communist states. <P2-S2> The major non-communist Southern European countries joined a US-led military alliance (NATO) and formed the European Economic Community amongst themselves. <P2-S3> 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. <P2-S4> The countries in the Soviet sphere of influence joined the military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact and the economic bloc called Comecon. <P2-S5> Yugoslavia was neutal. <SEP> <P3-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. <P3-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. <P3-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. <P3-S3> 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. <P3-S4> 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. <P3-S5> 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. <SEP> <P4-S0> one of the founding members, east germany was allowed to re-arm by the soviet union and the national people's army was established as the armed forces of the country to counter the rearmament of west germany.