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• Anachronisms: In "Crossroads", the British para commander is referred to as a Brigadier General and is wearing a general officer's cap badge. There has been no such rank in the British Army since the 1920s. The equivalent, Brigadier, is not a general officer and wears a different cap badge.
  
  
• Continuity: Pvt. Christensen's machine gun switches from left to right shoulders when Capt. Sobel confronts him about disobeying orders on a night march.
  
  
• Factual errors: In "Carentan", it is suggested that Albert Blithe was shot in the neck by a sniper, and the credits information states that he died of his wounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948. Fellow Easy Company soldiers had believed this to be true. After the mini-series was broadcast, relatives of Albert Blithe came forward with information and documentation that Blithe was wounded in the right shoulder, recovered from his wounds, attended the 1st Annual Reunion of the 101st Airborne Division Association, and subsequently went on to have an outstanding Army career (including over 600 parachute jumps and a MAAG assignment in Taiwan). Blithe actually died in 1967 while on active duty in Germany, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
  
  

• Revealing mistakes: In "Crossroads", when Winters types the report a close-up of the keys show that, even though he is typing the correct letters, the typewriter's shift lock is not on, therefore the words he is typing should be lower case, but the next shot show the all caps title of his report.
  
  
• Continuity: At the end of "Crossroads" when Winters is talking to Nixon, the bayonet in Winters' belt disappears and reappears between shots.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In the episode where Easy is rescuing the British soldiers, Bull Randelman is seen in the extreme foreground. He is in a boat paddling along with the rest of the soldiers, but he does not have a paddle in his hands.
  
  
• Anachronisms: Episode 1 - As the first C-47 takes off toward France, you can see the pilot is wearing a modern light green plastic headset instead of the Black rubber earcup type of that era.
  
  
• Anachronisms: In "Carrahee", when the C-47's are taking off for France some high-altitude aircraft contrails can be seen. It is unlikely that these were from high-altitude heavy bombers on their way to Normandy, since there were too few of them, and they were not in formation.
  
  
• Boom mic visible: In "Currahee", when Luz is imitating Maj. Horton to fool Capt. Sobel, the boom mic is reflected in the wet helmets.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Carentan", when the troops entering the city of Carentan they're being attacked by a German MG42 from a window and so fire back. During this exchange, bullet-holes appear and disappear on the advertisement-sign attached to the house.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Points", when they are hunting for food in the woods, the distance between Bull Randleman's hands on his rifle varies between shots.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In "Bastogne". In the end of the episode, when Doc Roe is returning and gives 'Babe' Heffron the bandage on his hand, he has a shadow on either side. The shadows are visible in the second shot in the woods just before he passes the two men talking and Winters' foxhole.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Crossroads" when Luz is doing his "Got a penny?" imitation, his cigarette jumps between his hands. Just before the close-up of his face he lifts his left hand, then in the close-up he's smoking the cigarette from his right hand.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Replacements", Les Hashey sees a medic shot by a German in the left leg. When we next see the medic he is holding his right leg and bleeding from it badly, and his left leg is in fine shape.
  
  
• Continuity: In "The Last Patrol", Don Malarkey has the stripes of a staff sergeant in the morning, but wears the stripes of a sergeant first class as the men prepare for the patrol.
  
  
• Continuity: In "The Breaking Point", after Joe Toye finishes talking with Winters about how he wants to head back on the line, there is a close up of his face with his Thompson in the upright position on his shoulders, but in the next shot when he goes to talk to Bill Guarnere, the Thompson is being carried upside down
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In "Replacements" Buck Compton and Babe Heffron are playing a game of darts. To finish, Babe says he needs "double seven". He throws and apparently wins the game, but the arrow hits "treble seven", instead of double, indicating that he didn't win (yet).
  
  
• Continuity: In "Why We Fight", the jacket worn by Private Webster changes from that of a staff sergeant to a private in subsequent scenes.
  
  
• Continuity: In "The Breaking Point", Hoobler shoots the German officer (on horseback) in the head an kills him. However, while falling off the horse, the German soldier's helmet comes off and he grabs his head. A few shots later, his helmet is back on.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Currahee", when Easy Company is eating their spaghetti lunch we can see that outside it is raining. In the next scene while running up Currahee, the ground is dry, showing no sign of the previous rain storm.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Replacements", the allied forces throw a rocket at the Dutch restaurant, leaving a huge hole in it. Still, they are forced to retreat. Afterwards, we see the victorious Germans in front of the restaurant with no sign of the previous damage.
  
  
• Factual errors: In "Day of Days", a lighter can be seen that doesn't exist at this time. Till 1943, Zippo's where made of chrome and had round corners. In 1943, they had to change from chrome to black paint for their standard lighters which were given to soldiers.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Currahee", the two times Lt. Meehan is telling Easy Company that the invasion has been postponed, his tone of voice and hand movements are different both times, when they are supposed to be the same moment.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: In "Replacements", when Sgt. Randleman crawls away from the damaged US tank which is chasing him, when the tank is seen from behind, two crew members are visible walking along the right side of the tank, partly hidden by some bushes.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: In "Bastogne", Lipton runs past Eugene Roe saying "Its gonna get busy, buddy,". A fly can be seen crawling on top of Roe's helmet despite the freezing winter cold.
  
  
• Factual errors: In "Why We Fight", Lewis Nixon talks to his men on a day dated as April 11th and tells them that Hitler committed suicide in Berlin. Hitler actually shot himself on April 30th.
  
  
• Factual errors: In "Currahee", the mess hall had a Vendo 39 Coke machine in it. The time line for this part of the movie was 1943 but the Vendo 39 model was not produced until 1949.
  
  
• Factual errors: When the 101st Airborne was sent into Belgium just before the Battle of the Bulge they were ordered to remove the Screaming Eagle patch from their uniforms, so the Germans would not know they were facing an elite division. It was only after the battle when they moved into Hagenau that they were able to wear the patches again.
  
  
• Anachronisms: In "Currahee", Lt. Sobel examines the "rusty bayonet" of Liebgott. This was 1942, the bayonet was a Model M1. This bayonet was not manufactured until after March 1943. It had a ten inch blade. The bayonets that should have been used in 1942, were the Model 1905 or the 1905/42 both of which had 16 inch blades. After March of '43, all the long Garand bayonets were ordered to be cut down to ten inches and became the 1905E-1 and new 10 inch bayonets (the M1 bayonet) were manufactured for the rest of the war.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Currahee", Robert Strayer is (correctly) wearing the rank insignia of a major when Easy Company is celebrating its paratrooper qualification. Strayer was promoted to lieutenant colonel in January or February of 1943, and Winters refers to him as such during his explanation to Sobel about the latrine inspection incident. On D-Day (in episode 2) just prior to the attack on the 105mm guns at Brecourt Manor, Winters and another officer refer to Strayer as a major. He had been an LTC long enough (16 or 17 months) to rule out a slip of the tongue, especially by two different officers.
  
  
• Factual errors: In "The Last Patrol", Johnny Martin is chosen to lead the patrol. In reality, Sgt. Ken Mercier was chosen by Winters to lead the patrol.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In "Carentan," as Pvt. Tipper approaches the pharmacy, he bumps into the front window, and it flexes as if it were made of Plexiglas or some other distinctly non-glass material.
  
  
• Continuity: In "The Last Patrol", after the raid Pvt. Cobb is seen holding a wine bottle that's upside down and obviously empty when challenging Webster. In the next scene he is shown drinking from the same bottle.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Carentan" Pvt. Tipper fires two rounds from his M1 into the outhouse behind the pharmacy; however, three bullet holes appear.
  
  
• Continuity: In "Breaking Point", just before Hoobler shoots the German officer the soldier next to him holds a M1 Garand rifle. In the next shot, he holds a M1 carbine, and finally when the German officer drops, he holds a M1 Garand again.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In "Crossroads", the English captain while narrating the events of operation Pegasus, is wearing the US 101st Airborne Division patch on his right shoulder. However, he swam across the river, the night before, and it is unlikely he did it in full uniform. He was probably given clothing to wear by the 101st.
  
  

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