Leg, some of your points are not certain. What you've extrapolated is reasonable but by no means definitive. You'll note that the quote says
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The Argentineans attempted to reoccupy the Falklands/Malvinas after 1996, and the British were unable to spare more than a token force for the islands' defence.
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It doesn't say that the Argentineans actually successfully occupied the islands. From that I would infer that, somehow, there was ongoing resistance on the part of British and Falklands military forces for between 18 months and 2 and a half years. For some of that time there may have been full-blown warfare going on (albeit with modest-sized forces involved), probably winding down as supplies and men ran low and resupply failed to arrive.
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Soon after, and with the UK carriers out of action, at least one Harrier II was sent south but was likely only a token (if sent at the beginning of the conflict, it's likely in my mind the Argentinians would have captured and destroyed it, or at least it's supporting unit/base. Leaving the aircraft in the Falklands while war raged across Poland doesn't make sense either, especially when the Pact pushed back from mid 1997).
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Again, you could choose to have things this way in your campaign but it isn't necessarily so. The great thing about something like a Harrier II is that you can land it just about anywhere and as RN7 has already pointed out, the Falklands consists of "a land area of 4,700 square miles comprising two main islands and 776 small islands". That's a whole lot of potential places to hide one or more VTOL aircraft, helicopters and supporting supplies and equipment.
The only thing we know for certain is that 1 Westland Lynx helicopter was transported to the islands by the British late in the Twilight War. Everything else is open to interpretation.