Siege of Bihać (1992–1995)
| Siege of Bihać | |||||||
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| Part of the Bosnian War, Croatian War of Independence and the Inter-Bosnian Muslim War | |||||||
Map of the Bihać enclave (under the control of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian government), surrounded by the Republic of Serbian Krajina (in the northwest), the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (to the north) and the Republika Srpska (to the southeast) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia (1995) |
Republika Srpska Republic of Serbian Krajina Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (1993–1995) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian Defence Council
Croatian Army
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Republic of Srpska Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Defence Council Croatian Army (1995) |
Army of Republika Srpska Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina National Defence of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia | ||||||
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ARBiH: 10,000–20,000 soldiers HV: 10,000 soldiers |
VRS: 10,000 soldiers RSK: 3,000–5,000 soldiers APZB:4,000–5,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| c. 3,000 killed | 1,500-1,700 killed | ||||||
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Total: 4,856 killed or missing civilians | |||||||
The siege of Bihać was a three-year-long siege of the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihać by the Army of the Republika Srpska, the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and Bosnian Muslim dissenters led by Fikret Abdić during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. The siege lasted for three years, from June 1992 until 4–5 August 1995, when Operation Storm ended it after the Croatian Army (HV) overran the rebel Serbs in Croatia and northwest of the besieged town.
The Research and Documentation Center in Sarajevo established that the communities that were under siege – Bihać, Bosanska Krupa, Cazin and Velika Kladuša – had 4,856 killed or missing persons from 1991 to 1995.