What happened to kamikaze pilots in World War 2?

The Japanese were so willing to die for that country. That they were even willing to kill them selves to protect it.

Really it was about dieing for the Emperor, which was viewed as a God. The "divine wind" is a term referring to these men.

Believe it or not, they had a submarine version of these men also. They climbed into torpedoes and were launched from submarines underwater. These were called "Kaiten" bombers. A one person torpedo with zero chance of getting out.

While very terrifying, there is not much evidence that the roles of these people played any real impact n the war.

Loss of life from these submariners was higher for the Japanese then for any other group. Many of these men died in launch tubs waiting to be fired.

The Kamikaze often died trying to reach their target and (with some exceptions) did little real damage.