Bosnian region, though its growth was impaired by the Great Depression in the 1930s.
During World War II, Bihać, along with the rest of Bosnia, was a part of the Independent State of Croatia. During July 1941. Nazi Croatian regime murdered more than 12.000 Serbian, Jewish and Roma children, women and men from Bihać at Garavice. Garavice genocide was one of the worst Nazi crimes in World War II. In 1942. the Partisans liberated Bihać. City served as headquarters for the partisan army of Josip Broz Tito, the seat of the first AVNOJ session in 1942 and the center of the anti-fascist resistance. As such, it became a target of the occupying powers and the Germans retook it in 1943 and held it until 1945 and their final defeat.
Bihać suffered the destruction of many buildings during the Bosnian War for Independence, when the area around the city was under siege by joint forces composing of Bosnian Serb, Croatian Serb, and Serbian-backed Bosniaks for over three years, until the summer of 1995 when the siege was broken in the beginning of the Operation Storm conjoined with Croatian foces under Zvonimir Červenko and Bosniak forces under General Atif Dudaković.
The city and the region are now becoming a viable tourist destination for its natural beauty. The Una river valley where Bihać is situated provides the best route from Zagreb to Dalmatia so the traffic position is also favorable.
There's also a yearly regatta held on the Una, as well as the Bihać Summer theatrical event
