I'd kind of assumed that the American (Canadian, British) dependents in Europe would have been evacuated during the first few months of shooting in Germany. There wouldn't be the urgency of the Pact forces blasting west, and plenty of airliners flying between the US and Europe.
After the first (and largest) wave, there should be a trickle of families leaving as servicemembers are killed or wounded and rotated home. There's probably a second wave once the nukes start flying.
Having said that, there would certainly be some families that would stay behind voluntarily, and many more that would have married/moved in with foreign soldiers, especially in cantonments.
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