Question: When did the US and Britain invade the country attacked by the allies after going to the countries of Northwest Africa bundled by WINEP under a new name?

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. 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. 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> 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. 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. the situation remained unresolved in central asia for two more decades, with britain annexing baluchistan in 1876 and russia annexing kirghizia, kazakhstan, and turkmenistan. 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. 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> Information gleaned via British Ultra code - breaking intelligence proved critical to Allied success in North Africa. Victory for the Allies in this campaign immediately led to the Italian Campaign, which culminated in the downfall of the fascist government in Italy and the elimination of Germany's main European ally. <SEP> The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) is a non-profit organization for research and advice on Middle Eastern policy. It regards its target countries as the Middle East but adopts the convention of calling them the Near East to be in conformance with the practices of the State Department. Its views are independent. The WINEP bundles the countries of Northwest Africa together under "North Africa." Details can be found in Policy Focus #65. <SEP> william pitt, who entered the cabinet in 1756, had a grand vision for the war that made it entirely different from previous wars with france. as prime minister pitt committed britain to a grand strategy of seizing the entire french empire, especially its possessions in north america and india. britain's main weapon was the royal navy, which could control the seas and bring as many invasion troops as were needed. he also planned to use colonial forces from the thirteen american colonies, working under the command of british regulars, to invade new france. in order to tie the french army down he subsidized his european allies. pitt head of the government from 1756 to 1761, and even after that the british continued his strategy. it proved completely successful. pitt had a clear appreciation of the enormous value of imperial possessions, and realized how vulnerable was the french empire.