During the American Revolutionary War, the British asked the Austrians to attack France in order to distract the French from the war in America. However, the Austrians refused the offer, as it made little sense strategically or diplomatically. How would the war have turned out differently if Austria was able to get France bogged down in a German war? Or, if the Austrians still refused, could they perhaps be convinced to attack the French-allied Dutch? After all, the year after the war ended they fought them in a quasi-conflict known as the "Kettle War."