One of the most remarkable, and heavily mythologised, events concerns the 'Christmas Truce' of 1914, in which the soldiers of the Western Front laid down their arms on Christmas Day and met in No Man's Land.
The above link is a great site by Tom Morgan, Not been updated since 1997, but the information is excellent.
The movie Le Joyeux Noel explains the harmony between the two fighting forces.
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