What's lieutenant prose and how did it appear in the USSR

Many junior officers, returning from the fronts of World War II, decided to become writers and share what they had experienced in a gritty, realistic style. "Trench truth", which they unvarnished, proved to be very much in demand in Soviet literature.

Russian literature has a rich tradition of military prose, because many writers of the 19th century were in military service. Moreover, one of the oldest works of R