I think that as long as the fighting was restricted to Germany and Poland, there's certainly good excuses for the other NATO nations to sit it out. The moment another NATO member's border was crossed by PACT forces, then the alliances all kick in.
While France certainly had reason to stay out of the German part of the battlefield, they possibly should have done something about the invasion of Norway. Mind you, I think they'd already pulled out of NATO by the time the Soviets launched their northern offensive...
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