Timeline Thursday 13 August 1942

Events on Thursday 13 August 1942 2

• 1942 Bambi released Disney's fifth animated feature reaches US cinemas Walt Disney Productions released Bambi, based on Felix Salten's novel about a young deer. Its box-office takings were modest during the war. It later became one of Disney's best-loved films, and the death of Bambi's mother became famous.
• 1942 Manhattan Project organised US Army takes over the atomic bomb effort The US Army Corps of Engineers set up the Manhattan Engineer District to manage the development of an atomic bomb. General Leslie Groves took command in September. The project grew to employ more than 125,000 people at sites across the United States.