Great book on the subject:
"Silent Night; the story of the World War I Christmas Truce",
by Stanley Weintruab
I saw that in Barnes and Noble. Have to get it.
Thanks for the reminder.
For the most part, the war on the ground was pretty brutal, but the air war still retained a degree of civility and chivalry. I like reading about the air battles in WW1, the Red Baron, Bolcke, Immelman, some of the French and British aces. The Americans never really had any. We got into the air war too late.
Even the land war was pretty tame compared to WW1.
My grandfather was wounded and captured in the Argonne Forest. He said the Germans treated him pretty well. I remember him saying he didn't like the French though, although he thought the Brits were great.