the box owned by the mythological figure Pandora, which released all the sorrows of mankind into the world when opened; it also contained the spirit Hope-see Pandora
Because of this it has gained a number of other meanings:
... Victory did not come easily. In July 14 in Vercors[?] a newly reinforced maquis group fought 200.000 Waffen SS soldiers under general Karl Fraum[?] and was defeated with ...