What Happened in Aug 1942

Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project, formally constituted in August 1942, was the code name for the federally funded research program to develop the atomic bomb.... Read more

The All India Congress Committee Launches the Quit India Movement

The "Quit India" resolution passed by the All-India Congress Committee brought it into a head-on collision with the Government in August 1942. The... Read more

Gandhi is Arrested, Along with the Entire Congress Working Committee

World War II broke out in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Initially, Gandhi had favored offering "non-violent moral support" to the British... Read more

Bambi is released

Bambi is a 1942 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten.... Read more

Joseph Stalin Drafts A Memorandum To Winston Churchill And Franklin Roosevelt

On August 13, 1942, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drafted a memorandum to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin... Read more

Mahadev Desai, Gandhi's Personal Secretary, Dies From Heart Failure

Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee were arrested in Bombay by the British on 9 August 1942. Gandhi was held for two years in the Aga... Read more

Makin Island Raid

The Makin Island Raid (pronounced, "Muckin") (occurred on August 17, 1942 – August 18, 1942) was an attack by the United States Marine Corps on... Read more

Sinyavin Offensive/Operation Nordlicht

Operation Northern Light (German: Unternehmen Nordlicht) and the Sinyavin Offensive refers to two near simultaneous military operations by planned... Read more