Wiki says for ix) that Rommel's nickname was Wüstenfuchs. He had a liver infection in El Alamein and General Georg Stumme took over for a bit. Unfortunately for Georg:
" Stumme, in command in Rommel's absence, died of an apparent heart attack while examining the front on 24 October, and Rommel was ordered to return from his medical leave..."
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Date: 2016-01-16 02:44 pm (UTC)" Stumme, in command in Rommel's absence, died of an apparent heart attack while examining the front on 24 October, and Rommel was ordered to return from his medical leave..."