 Complete the following phrase:  However, 1950 was the turning point of the war. Hos government was recognised by the fellow Communist governments of China and the Soviet Union, and Maos government subsequently gave a fallback position to Hos forces, as well as abundant supplies of weapons. In October 1950, the French army suffered its first major defeat with the battle of Route Coloniale 4. Subsequent efforts by the French military managed to improve their situation only in the short term. Bảo Đạis State of Vietnam proved a weak and unstable government, and Norodom Sihanouks Cambodia proclaimed its independence in November 1953. Fighting lasted until May 1954, when the Viet Minh won the decisive victory against French forces at the gruelling 