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was fought in french idochina between french and vietnamese.end result was divison of vietnam at geneva
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the Viet Minh, under the leadership of General Vo Nyguyen
Giap defeated the french and marched to hanoi -
ngo dinh diem and he declined to unify the country as called for geneva accords. ho chi minh apologized for a disasrtrous land reform program he had initiated in 1955.