I think it's a very "victors write history" thing to say Germany started WW1, though obviously even if they did it and even for how immensely bloody it was, it would not touch the evil of what Germany would do shortly thereafter. Like, Germany did awful things whether it started the war or not -- it was a stupid imperialist war that had no legitimate side and yet was escalated to an absurd scope -- but it just objectively was not the initial aggressor, though it supported the initial aggressor. It's also bullshit how Fritz Haber gets blamed for "extending the war" when literally anything but imperial defeatism or withdrawal is "extending the war," meaning basically every country "extended the war" except eventually Russia, once the Soviets were able to get out. Who else can be given credit? Serbia, as the country that was initially invaded? Bulgaria, for having limited participation and then surrendering early?
Sorry, I'm not pretending to be an expert on the subject or anything, it just seems so nakedly a "our side won and you were the biggest player on the other side, so it's your fault" situation.