During the war the prefix "Bosanski" was replaced with "Srpski" due to the town being under Serb control.

The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite (northern) bank of the Sava, forming a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants.

The bridge over the Sava River at Brod was destroyed in the early hours of October 1992; it was rebuilt several years later after the hostilities ended.

The area of Brod was inhabited since ancient times, which is testified by numerous artifacts from the Stone and Iron Age, as well as the Roman period.

[6][7] Aside from the town of Brod, the following settlements comprise the municipality: The Municipality of Brod according to population census from 1991, had twenty-three inhabited settlements, divided into twelve local communities: Una-Sana  Central Bosnia Posavina  Herzegovina-Neretva Tuzla  West Herzegovina Zenica-Doboj  Sarajevo Bosnian Podrinje Canton 10