Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "As 1954 began, the French had been fighting the insurgent communist-dominated Viet Minh for more than seven years attempting to retain control of their colony Vietnam. Domestic support for the war by the population of France had declined. The United States was concerned that a French military defeat in Vietnam would result in the spread of communism to all the countries of Southeast Asia—the Domino Theory—and was looking for means of aiding the French without committing American troops to the war. In a last ditch effort to defeat the Viet Minh, the French had fortified a remote outpost in northwestern Vietnam named Dien Bien Phu with the objective of inducing the Viet Minh to attack and then utilizing superior French firepower to destroy the attackers. Viet Minh General Vo Nguyen Giap described the French positions in a river valley as being at the bottom of a rice bowl with the Viet Minh holding the high ground surrounding the French.In May, French military forces surrendered to the Viet Minh concluding the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. In July, a cease fire agreement was reached by the Geneva Accords dividing Vietnam into two provisional states at the 17th parallel of latitude. Ngo Dinh Diem became Prime Minister of South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh became President of North Vietnam. Diem overcame an early challenge to his rule from army leaders and the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious sects. The United States pledged its support to the Diem government and began to replace France as the principal foreign power involved in South Vietnam. China and the Soviet Union began to provide economic assistance to North Vietnam."@en }
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- 1954_in_the_Vietnam_War abstract "As 1954 began, the French had been fighting the insurgent communist-dominated Viet Minh for more than seven years attempting to retain control of their colony Vietnam. Domestic support for the war by the population of France had declined. The United States was concerned that a French military defeat in Vietnam would result in the spread of communism to all the countries of Southeast Asia—the Domino Theory—and was looking for means of aiding the French without committing American troops to the war. In a last ditch effort to defeat the Viet Minh, the French had fortified a remote outpost in northwestern Vietnam named Dien Bien Phu with the objective of inducing the Viet Minh to attack and then utilizing superior French firepower to destroy the attackers. Viet Minh General Vo Nguyen Giap described the French positions in a river valley as being at the bottom of a rice bowl with the Viet Minh holding the high ground surrounding the French.In May, French military forces surrendered to the Viet Minh concluding the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. In July, a cease fire agreement was reached by the Geneva Accords dividing Vietnam into two provisional states at the 17th parallel of latitude. Ngo Dinh Diem became Prime Minister of South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh became President of North Vietnam. Diem overcame an early challenge to his rule from army leaders and the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious sects. The United States pledged its support to the Diem government and began to replace France as the principal foreign power involved in South Vietnam. China and the Soviet Union began to provide economic assistance to North Vietnam.".
- Q17513173 abstract "As 1954 began, the French had been fighting the insurgent communist-dominated Viet Minh for more than seven years attempting to retain control of their colony Vietnam. Domestic support for the war by the population of France had declined. The United States was concerned that a French military defeat in Vietnam would result in the spread of communism to all the countries of Southeast Asia—the Domino Theory—and was looking for means of aiding the French without committing American troops to the war. In a last ditch effort to defeat the Viet Minh, the French had fortified a remote outpost in northwestern Vietnam named Dien Bien Phu with the objective of inducing the Viet Minh to attack and then utilizing superior French firepower to destroy the attackers. Viet Minh General Vo Nguyen Giap described the French positions in a river valley as being at the bottom of a rice bowl with the Viet Minh holding the high ground surrounding the French.In May, French military forces surrendered to the Viet Minh concluding the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. In July, a cease fire agreement was reached by the Geneva Accords dividing Vietnam into two provisional states at the 17th parallel of latitude. Ngo Dinh Diem became Prime Minister of South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh became President of North Vietnam. Diem overcame an early challenge to his rule from army leaders and the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious sects. The United States pledged its support to the Diem government and began to replace France as the principal foreign power involved in South Vietnam. China and the Soviet Union began to provide economic assistance to North Vietnam.".