I have always noticed while watching "Band of Brothers" that in episode 3 when they assault Carentan, the surroundings look almost exactly like the CoD1 map I used to play on as a kid. I think CoD1 came out after Band of Brothers did so it could also be that CoD based the map on the show, but is the show/COD1 both using the real Carentan as the layout? I included some pictures from both the game and show, to show what I mean.
And to be clear I assume it is because I assume band of brothers also used the real town to film, but either way I wanted to show how cool it is that CoD got the battle so right on this map if im right about my assumption
It appears based on comments that the CoD map is based on the Band of Brothers set used for the show, instead of either being based on the real location. Very neat