Built in 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Falaise Park was named on July 16, 1956, by the City of Vancouver. The park is named in memory of those who fought at the Battle of the Falaise Pocket.
Falaise is a small French town, 35 km south of Caen, known for the battle of the “Falaise Pocket” during the Allied re-conquest of France (OPERATION OVERLORD) from August 12-21, 1944, in which two German armies were encircled and destroyed by the Allied armies. Some 10,000 German troops were killed and 50,000 taken prisoner. Much of the Falaise was destroyed before the town was taken by a combined force of Canadian and Polish troops. Falaise was largely restored after the war.
