I suppose there was a reason to hold but it felt forced. I'm not sure how a battalion of Waffen SS without tanks was going to drive into the Allied rear anyway. Why not shoot at them at range with the main gun and the MGs, stall them for a while, and then beat feet back to friendly lines? That scene was just dumb.
As for the playing house scene, I was uncomfortable throughout. Pitt's character started the episode giving off a really rapey vibe and I worried for the safety of the girls, even moreso when the hillbilly a-hole showed up. Aside from the Tiger duel, that was the most suspenseful part of the film.
I had to step out to take a piss- I left when I though the girls were safe and when I came back...
SPOILER ALERT
... their flat had been blown up and the pretty young fraulein was dead.
WHAT HAPPENED? Stray allied bomb? German artillery? That girl was about the most likeable character from the whole film.
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