Using the updated map from the GIT and that 1940 scenario you provided, I created this as a basic templet to describe the approach I would like to take.
I used the Edit Mode to reposition the forces and control/ownership to match more closely the standard global game.
2025-3-5-Mega-New-Elk-1940.tsvg
First I blanked all the TUV from the other scenario, and then placed the forces according to the starting units the way they are grouped in G40.
I tried to keep this all very similar so it would look fairly familiar at the foundation. So you'll see that the force which typically goes in East Germany is still grouped together (with the same unit totals there) now in the TT called Berlin. The Units typically in Poland are now in Danzig. The design in the East was to basically have the starting units there out of position for a direct confrontation with USSR, or at least to not have it be optimal on G1. Instead they are oriented more towards the West vs France, or positioned to take over the Pro-Axis neutrals in the Balkans and Finland.
What I was trying to do here was show how we can set up the Fall of France, with the Factory Rail at M+1.
Check out the Forces around Paris. You can see that the force which is typically in "Holland-Belgium" on the G40 board, has now been moved to just Netherlands. Same force there, but now the whole pile is in Netherlands. A new force has been added to Belgium, which will allow Germany to Blitz at the M+1 distance with their Armor and Mech prepositioned on a minor Factory w/ Rail. They can reach to take all the same territories that they might take typically in a G40 game. With some small risk they can reach all the way to Bordeaux and Brittany using their starting Tanks from Belgium. Similarly Vichy can either go to Italy, or Germany on G2, but you can see that the basic forces will have a similar reach on G1.
For the handling in North Africa, Germany will similarly be able to Blitz with a new pocket force for the Afrika Corps, which is pre-position to target French North Africa. The idea here is that most of Metropolitan France will be overrun by Axis on the first turn, and they will then re-focus around French Equatorial Africa as their main hub out of Gabon.
East Africa has a bit of an anachronistic set up in standard G40, with Italians still lurking over there, but I kept this as more familiar from the standard game. Much of the French territory will swing to the Axis side the way I arranged it here, with an option for Axis sweep a bit across Algeria, similar to the old Classic style handling for Africa, but with some tension there now on account of extra VCs.
This is of course just a barest of bones foundation, I left the forces extremely light so that it would be easier to add from there.
I would suggest that when we add new forces, rather than placing them together with an existing force already shown, that we instead cluster them into a nearby tile that is currently empty. I think this will preserve at least a little bit of the familiar, as players will see some similar forces in familiar spots, but then when we add new stuff, say like I did in Belgium, or in Tripoli, it will be a little easier to spot what sort of stuff has been added.
I would also like to focus particularly on the AI behavior when adding forces from here, so that we can get the Fast/HardAI to play a fun game.
Here is a quick visual overview of the ideas I have going right now for a 40 scenario, exported image of the map.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1giz3yfHFvu1yXoOfpzt_yVswsr4CAvHA/view?usp=sharing
