Replace all your plastic pieces with wooden blocks and add stickers. They can be from GMT, Columbia Games, I don’t care but you need all the types of units from A&A in here. Now, if you have 12 infantry in a territory you need 3 blocks with 4 CV (combat value) because each side represents it’s CV (1;2;3;4) Adds a fog of war to the game oooo. The game will be very less visually pleasing…
Fighting still works the same despite how block units actually work (each CV is how much dice you roll).
Axis powers sit to the north of the board and the Allies sit to the south of the board. Pick the Italian player someone you can trust. If you want you can flip your pieces upside down when it’s the enemy turn and then on your turn you flip yours back up in your designated direction (so you don’t lose track of your CV value)