That they love there country more than there loved ones so me thinks that they are (were ) nuts but they also believe in death before dishonour
The use of Kamikaze pilots reinforces the traditional Japanese values of honor and duty above life. It reflects the Bushido code employed by the Samurai from long before.
No the Japanese Kamikaze pilots were a phenomenon of late World War II.
Kamikaze pilots
The mission of kamikaze pilots was to sink or damage Allied aircraft carriers and capital ships
their attacks were hard to defend against
Suicide missions in aviation by Japanese pilots in World War 2 were deliberately flying their aircraft into a ship or another aircraft. The Japanese believed this was a high sign of bravery and loyalty to their country.
They were called 'kamikaze' pilots. Their mission was solely intended as a suicidal action.
They were called kamikaze (Japanese for "divine wind").
The correct answer is ‘kamikaze’. The Japanese refer to two typhoons that happened in the 1200s as kamikaze, which translates as ‘divine winds’. These kamikaze saved Japan from a Mongol invasion. Kamikaze underwent a meaning change in WWII to refer to suicide attacks by pilots.
Kamikaze pilotsof the Japanese army sent on suicidal missions for bombardment
Kamikaze pilots were not expected to return from what was a suicidal attack on the enemy.Most Kamikaze pilots had little training, nor flew decent aeroplanes.
I doubt that they invented it, but Japanese kamikaze pilots used the technique in WWII.