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French Surrender
The French surrender to the Viet Minh. The Geneva Conference on the status of Indochina begins -
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Vietnam War
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Ho Chi Minh Land reforms
Ho Chi Minh orders seeping "land reforms" in North Vietnam; thousands of people are imprisoned, tortured, or executed. -
First American Deaths
Two military advisors are killed by Viet Minh guerilla soldiers. They are the first Americans to be killed in the Vietnam war -
US Increases Advisors
The US announes that it will increase the number of military advisors in South Vietnam from 327 to 685 men -
First U.S Combat Death
This marks the beginning of the Vietnam war for many Americans
