Long ago I lobbied for this change:
_India as a separate power-
To clear up any confusion concerning territorial claims, just treat UK India as a separate power. They would still move and attack at the same time as UK Europe, but they would be able to take back UK Europe territories from the Axis on the European map and use the IPCs if London has fallen. ANZAC can, why not UK India?
Also, it would clear up all other rule cross over questions, like the use of money for tech rolls and tech usage. The only exception to the base game rules at that point would be that the two UK powers would be moving and attacking at the same time. That is a lot easier to remember than the current rules exceptions.
While a separate color for UK India would be nice, it isn’t absolutely necessary. A set of control markers specific to UK India (Union Jack CM) would be all that is necessary. If a map redo is in order, then the UK India control could be incorporated into the initial map set up.
Here is the break down that would be necessary:
UK India- (17 IPCs)
West India
India
Ceylon
Burma
Shan State
Malaya
Kwangtung
Borneo
ANZAC- (10 IPCs)
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
New Guinea
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
New Britain
Solomon Islands
New Zealand
Gilbert Islands
Fiji
Samoa
UK Europe- (28 IPCs)
Yukon Territory
British Columbia
Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick/Nova Scotia
British Guiana
Iceland
Gibraltar
Scotland
United Kingdom
Gold Coast
Nigeria
Malta
South West Africa
Belgian Congo
Alexandria
Rhodesia
Union of South Africa
Egypt
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Cyprus
Trans-Jordan
Kenya
Tanganyika Territory
British Somaliland_
Also, my group tried to play with different combos of India and ANZAC producing and/or moving together, but the shifting of the IPCs was too powerful against the Japanese. The separate purchasing is a needed mechanic to simulate the spread out priorities of defending the Commonwealth
While I still think that the moving/attacking at the same time (of UK forces) is a good thing it may take powering down the UK India and ANZAC forces early on to make it viable.