In Anniversary and in Europe 1940 1st edition, the Italian equipment pieces are a darker shade of brown than the Italian infantry pieces. In Europe 1940 2nd edition, the equipment pieces are lighter and match the shade of the Italian troops.
I don’t think it was a case of me missing a specific city. Rather, I thought “there’s 10 victory cities, we need 8, so that means we must capture all but Ottawa and Washington!”
Exactly- if you look at the hi-res pic of the board- it looks like the desert runs along the border between West and Central. While the border itself it bright blue (not covered by the white of the desert as it is along the SW border of Algeria) the desert looks like it covers the entire border on the FWA side- making a crossing impossible. But it Does need to be clarified.