Company of Heroes

Factual error: Company of Heroes is in the timeline of 1944-45. Soldiers are wearing the flag patch on their uniforms which have 50 stars on them, not 48. There were only 48 states in the U.S. back then.

Factual error: The American troops are using British .303 Lee-Enfield rifles: the U.S. Army's standard weapon was the M1 Garand rifle.

Factual error: During the shooting inside the freight yard, the soldiers ducks behind a pile of concrete sleepers, too modern for the era.

Factual error: There's a scene where a medic is giving CPR. CPR wasn't adopted by the US military until 1957.

Factual error: The American troops are using British .303 Lee-Enfield rifles: the U.S. Army's standard weapon was the M1 Garand rifle.

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