Gantt Chart Maker1882 to 1923
World War I
The alliances and crises that set the stage, then the war itself, then the treaties that redrew the map. Three phases, with the long campaigns as bars and the decisive moments as milestones.
About the dates: widely accepted dates for the headline events, so Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 and the Armistice on 11 November 1918. Battles and offensives are drawn as durations, single events as milestones. Open it in the app for the full, detailed timeline.
1919 to 1952
World War II
The deadliest conflict in history, from the unstable peace that followed Versailles, through the war across both theatres, to the rebuilding that reshaped the postwar world. Three phases, end to end.
About the dates: widely accepted dates for the headline events, so Poland on 1 September 1939, V-E Day on 8 May 1945 and V-J Day on 15 August 1945. Campaigns are drawn as durations, single events as milestones. Open it in the app for the full, detailed timeline.
1754 to 1791
Founding of the United States
The war debts and taxes that lit the fuse, then the revolution, then the consolidation of a new republic. The causes, the founding and the forming of a nation, in three overlapping phases.
About the dates: widely accepted dates for the headline events, so the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776 and the Constitution signed on 17 September 1787. Acts and conventions are drawn as durations, single events as milestones. Open it in the app for the full, detailed timeline.
Why a Gantt chart suits history
A list of dates tells you what happened. A timeline tells you what was happening at the same time, which is usually the part that explains the rest. Once the phases sit as bars on one axis, an overlap you had never noticed becomes the obvious cause of something three years later.
How these were built
Each chart is an ordinary project file, made with the same editor you get for free. Phases are task groups, campaigns are tasks with a start and an end, and single events are milestones. Nothing here needed a feature you do not have.
Plot a timeline of your own
More of these are on the way, one carefully dated chart at a time. Want a particular slice of history? You can build it today.