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I’ve been to most Band of Brothers locations but one escapes me.

Shortly after the brothers parachute into Normandy, they come across a German patrol with horses and carts etc. Winter signals everyone to wait for his order before opening fire. Wild Bill Guarnere (?) ignores his order and opens fire on the Germans much to Winter’s annoyance.

Can anyone tell me where I need to start to discover this location?

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    A screenshot or clip of the film would improve this question. You can include it with an edit :)
    – Jenayah
    Commented Apr 14, 2019 at 13:50
  • It may not have been a real location, a lot of filming was done on sets built in former aircraft manufacturering facilities in Hatfield about 20 miles north of London in the UK. The large amount of space there enabled them to build entire fake villages and forests that were used in filming.
    – Sarriesfan
    Commented Apr 14, 2019 at 15:52
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    In which case you might be better off asking this on the History Stack Exchange, as you are asking about real historical events.
    – Sarriesfan
    Commented Apr 14, 2019 at 16:53
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    You may also need to change the title - 'where did they film' is confusing if you want the location of the historic event rather than the shoot loc.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Apr 14, 2019 at 17:37
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    Apologies, my fault entirely. I should have distinguished between film site and historical site.
    – Tatieash
    Commented Apr 14, 2019 at 20:58

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The location you are referring to is called The Ambush Site.

Quoting from here and here

The Ambush Site

In the Band of Brothers TV show, a supply convoy of horse drawn German wagons is ambushed by the 101st troopers in a railway trestle. In reality, it happened at a T-junction north-east of Sainte-Mere-Eglise. In the crossfire between the American troopers positioned either side of the road, a handful of US soldiers were accidentally killed - something omitted from the series.

The Ambush Site depicted in The Band of Brothers:

Actual The Ambush Site:

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Location on Google Maps.

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    Rahul, you have made my day! Thank you so much for that. I never thought I would find that actual site but, thanks to you, I have. Apologies over the confusion between filming locations and actual historical locations. I confused people who were trying to help by not distinguishing between the two. But again, Rahul, a very sincere thank you.
    – Tatieash
    Commented Apr 14, 2019 at 20:52
  • @Tatieash: It's my pleasure. Have a safe journey. ☺
    – Rahul
    Commented Apr 15, 2019 at 2:28
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    – Arsak
    Commented Apr 15, 2019 at 7:50
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As this has already been answered, take this as just a partial (so it doesn't get lost in the comments)

This podcast:

  • says that the ambush took place but the wagon with horses was added by the writers - originally it was just a column of troops.

"That was the slight cinematic license taken.

It was just some German soldiers marching, but we all thought it would be a little more interesting if we added the wagon and gave it a dynamic sense to the scene.

And then the horses was sort of the brutality of it,"

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