Déjà vu

1. I have the vision of impatient Napoleon Bonaparte snatching the crown from the hands of the Pope (who had been brought in for this specific purpose) and crowning himself the emperor in the Notre Dame. The picture gets uncannily mixed up with the President taking over as Chief Adviser to the caretaker government.

2.In Berlin Paul von Hindenburg dies on 02 August, 1934. Rather than holding an election for a new president, Hitler manipulates to hold that post in abeyance and makes himself Fuehrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) to usurp the power of the head of the Armed Forces and thereby becoming the overlord --- legally, politically and militarily. Think how it compares with the present situation in Bangladesh.

3. In Stalingrad fighting "rattenkrieg', the bloodiest battle ever, Friedrich Paulus loses and surrenders. Hitler promotes him to Field Marshal ( the only Field Marshal in captivity)and urges him to fight on. At home, the EC was instructed to go ahead with the election schedule while the whole country was in turmoil.

Strange apparitions my mind portrays!