The Association of Combatant Writers, led by Claude Farrère, decided in 1931 to contribute to this effort by establishing the Forêt des écrivains combattants, planted with pine and cedar trees across 135 hectares.
In July 1938 alleys and markers bearing the names of deceased writers were inaugurated, along with monumental works by sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier (1871–1936): a stele and, in the center of a clearing, a six-meter table depicting a Croix de Guerre.
On 18 November 2010, a convention for enhancing the massif was signed at the Croix de Guerre in the Forêt des écrivains combattants between the Hérault General Council, the National Forestry Office, and the communes of Combes and Rosis.
Panels by the National Forestry Office around the monumental Croix de Guerre provide visitors with information on the forest's origin, the Association of Combatant Writers, and the layout of the steles.
[6] Prominent honored writers include French figures Paul Drouot, Charles Péguy, Alain-Fournier, Pierre Brossolette, Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Robert Desnos, Jacques Decour, Émile Détanger (Émile Nolly)... Several foreign writers from allied countries are also named, including poets John McCrae (Canada) and Alan Seeger (United States), as well as novelist Gabriele D'Annunzio (Italy).