@spartantom
Your scenario was what happens when an armor unit moves from Aquitaine to Southern France and tries to go on to Northern Italy. We never clarified if Southern France is friendly or enemy-possessed. I assumed we were talking about Southern France being friendly because in Global War 1936-1945, you cannot “blitz” through an empty territory like you can in Axis & Allies. Let’s just make sure we are all on the same page that in your armor movement example, Southern France is friendly. In Global War 1936-1945, if both Southern France and Northern Italy were enemy-possessed, then moving on to Northern Italy during combat movement would be illegal.
In your armor movement scenario, are we talking about Southern France being friendly? If so, then when the armor moves from Southern France to Northern Italy, you do not face a river penalty.
In your armor movement scenario, if Southern France is enemy-possessed, you could combat move into it, but could not blitz to Northern Italy due to the rule on Page 8, 1.8 Mountains, “Units cannot blitz across an Enemy Mountain border or into Mountain terrain.”