Well we know per the canon that there were turncoat Poles who helped NATO - besides the two Polish forces mentioned in Going Home it states that there were Poles attached to the 5th Division (most likely who functioned as scouts and interpreters)
Plus if you look at the Black Madonna and Krakow modules you get an idea of how many Poles felt about at least part of NATO - i.e. the Brits and Americans - the Polish Priest who is given the Madonna (at least in canon) was very friendly to Americans and Brits but not too happy if you were German or Soviet
So you may have had Poles either defect or not fight as hard if they were only faced by Brits or Americans - but who fought like the devil if the NATO troops they were facing were German units.
And given the experience of Poland in WWII I don't see the Germans being seen as liberators by many Poles - whereas the Americans and Brits may have gotten a completely different reception if it had been them and them alone who had gone into Poland (something that by the way had been discussed in the real world by NATO planners during war simulations where concerns were raised about German troops entering Czechoslovakia or Poland or other places where Hitler's legions had been)
As for nukes - keep in mind who used the nukes first - yes the Americans and NATO used them later - but those first mushroom clouds over Poland definitely weren't NATO ones - however any pro-NATO feeling about getting nuked by the Soviets probably died pretty quick after the Americans and Brits laid waste to Warsaw and other cities to cover their retreat
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