@KimRYoung:
One problem with having France go first (among others) is the time line would be incorrect. Fance was not neutral having declared war in 1939 after the invasion of Poland.
Correct but Italy did not declare war on France until after German had invaded them so easily (which has already been said in this thread).
If you want to take it even historically further, Italy’s invasion of Southern France was actually a disaster in the real war, not a roll-over like it is in AA40.
A France at war with only Germany at the start of the game and able to move forces into Southern France to repel an Italian invasion would be even more accurate. It seems that everyone is arguing that France could too easily invade Northern Italy. Why not just say that France can’t DOW on Italy? Seems simple enough.
Of course, Paris’ starting units would have to be altered to account for the extra 19 IPC, but probably not by much considering it would just be a built-in Allied bid.