The operation resulted in a major Partisan victory, with Bihać and the surrounding areas being captured, and the NDH suffering significant casualties.

[3] On 1 November 1942, Josip Broz Tito gave an order for Yugoslav Partisans to be reformed into a regular army.

The defense of external strongholds was intended to create the necessary time to collect reserves and carry out counterattacks to defend against an attack.

[3] The outer belt of defense included several villages (Kurtovo Selo, Ostrožac, Prošiće, Brekovica, Pokoj, Ličko Petrovo Selo, Zavalje, Skočaj, Dobrenica and Golubić), and the inner several strongholds (Ribić, Rasadnik, Cekrlije, Vinica, Založje, Cavkiće, Bakšaiš , Hatinac, Žegar, Somišlje and Privilica).

[3] In addition, they counted on their forces in Bosanska Krupa, Cazin, Slunj and Ličko Petrovo Selo, which could intervene quickly in the event of an attack on Bihać.

[3] On 18 October the supreme commander of Yugoslav Partisans, also known as the National Liberation Army, Josip Broz Tito accepted a suggestion from the Operational Staff for Bosanska Krajina for an attack on Bihać.

[3] A day after, the main staff of the National Liberation Army of Bosnia sent a detailed plan to the Supreme Headquarters.

Their suggestion was for the operation to take place on 29 October 1942, four days after a detailed plan had been drawn up with the staff of the Lika Brigades.

The Third and Fourth Lika Brigades should put pressure on the enemy strongholds between Kladuša and Petrovo Selo, on Gata, Bugar, and Vrnograč.

Anti-aircraft guns would be assigned to brigade headquarters to liquidate harder strongholds.Tito accepted the plan but postponed the operation for later.

Final decisions about which units from Croatia would participate in the operation were also held, as well as the last additions to the overall plan for Bihać.

[1] The battle for the city continued during the night, with Bobmaši groups playing a major role in breaking the bunker defenses of the villages surrounding Bihać.

[1] During the fighting for the bridgehead, Mile Tubić [sr], the deputy of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Krajina Assault Brigade was killed.

[2][9] Around 4:00 p.m. on 4 November, Bihać and all of the villages surrounding it were captured by the partisans and 700 Ustaše fighters escaped from the city.

[1] The operation concluded on 15 November and resulted in the Partisans capturing Bosanska Krupa, Otok, Cazin, Bužim, Slunj, Cetingrad, Velika Kladuša, Vrnograč and many other smaller towns.

[1] During the operation 860 Ustaše fighters and members of the Croatian home guard were arrested,[1] and 650 Axis soldiers were killed.

[3] Partisans seized four Howitzers, three anti-tank artillery pieces, one mountain gun, two mortars, 1000 rifles, over one million rounds of ammunition, and other supplies such as food and clothes.

[1] The Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was formed on 26 November in Bihać and its first session was held there.

During this session, the AVNOJ adopted the principle of a multi-ethnic federal state as the basis for the country's future government and appointed an executive council.