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"Hitler swayed a nation based on his charisma?"

Actually, he did just that, along with setting up a convenient scapegoat on which to focus the hatred of his countrymen. Germany was in terrible financial shape, following WWI, and its population was quite unhappy with the situation.

Hitler gave them hope of taking over a lot of territory and its industries, and gave them a target for their pent-up frustration with Judaism. In that he was aided by the writings of Martin Luther, who despised Jews. Since a good part of the German population was Lutheran, it was easy to stir up hatred.

Further, the rest of Western Europe had set the borders of Germany to suit themselves, and this ticked off most Germans, who wanted their territory back. Hitler used his charismatic personality to focus all this into his "Third Reich," which almost succeeded. Had it not been for the United States and its rather tardy entry into the fray, German would be the language of most of western Europe.

Thank you for the opportunity to add some knowledge to your mix.